Woman pinned by tire after mistakingly putting truck in reverse

Emergency personnel responded about 9:20 p.m. Saturday to S.E. 26th and Wisconsin to aid a woman who was pinned by a tire of her pickup truck.

A woman in her 50s sustained road rash Saturday night after attempting to hop into her pickup truck as it rolled backward out of her driveway, ultimately pinning her to the ground, authorities said.

Topeka police were sent about 9:20 p.m. to S.E. 26th and Wisconsin after another person called dispatch to report a woman was trapped under a vehicle.

A police official said the woman had pulled into her driveway near S.E. 26th and Wisconsin. She accidentally put her truck in reverse instead of park and it began rolling out of the driveway and into the street.

She attempted to jump back into the cab as the vehicle was moving but fell down, becoming pinned by the round edge of a tire, the official said. The tire didn’t roll over her.

American Medical Response personnel checked out the woman on scene but didn’t transport her.